William "Bill" Sorenson
Feb 24, 2024
William "Bill" Sorenson was born on July 13, 1936 to Everett and Jennie (Pedersen) Sorenson in Eden Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota. He attended country school until the 8th grade. He graduated from Pipestone High School in 1954. In January, 1955, he enlisted in the Army. He completed training at Fort Riley, Kansas, before being transferred to Germany, where he was stationed...
Dennis Willert
Feb 23, 2024
Dennis Lee Willert was born on September 6, 1939 to Walter and Viola (Bebensee) Willert of rural Verdi. The eldest of two sons, Dennis learned, at an early age, the art of farming and tending livestock. During his formative years, he attended Verdi Public School in Verdi, MN where he graduated high school. He attended church at First English Lutheran, now...
Elaine Hiniker
Feb 22, 2024
Elaine Leona Hiniker was born on December 29, 1945 to Wayne and Leona (Bartels) Priester in Pipestone, Minnesota. Elaine was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul Lutheran Church. Growing up in Pipestone she worked at Juba's and played the flute in the band at Pipestone High School. After graduating high school in 1963, Elaine earned a two-year accounting degree at...
Linda Beyenhof
Feb 22, 2024
Memorials may be directed to Generations in Luverne OR Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Hills.
A LiveStream will be available on the church's Facebook page: Bethlehem of Hills
Linda Lee Beyenhof was born on October 26, 1938 to G. John and Harriet (Noteboom) Vander Maten on the family farm in Moulton Township, Murray County, Minnesota. She was baptized in her faith at the...
Jeryld Hachmann
Feb 19, 2024
Jeryld William Hachmann was born on April 8, 1936 to William and Helen (Johansen) Hachmann in Luverne, Minnesota. He was raised and attended school in Pipestone, Minnesota, graduating from Pipestone High School in 1954. On November 1, 1958, he was married to Dorothy Nenstiel in Flandreau, South Dakota. Following their marriage, they lived in Pipestone and later moved to Albert...
Arnold Stoel
Feb 17, 2024
Arnold “Arnie” Stoel and his twin brother, Clarence, were born November 15, 1933, to Balthazar and Jenny (Van Roekel) Stoel in Fenton Township, Chandler, Minnesota. Arnie was baptized and received his confirmation at the Chandler Reformed Church. He attended school through the eighth grade. On October 11, 1956, Arnie was drafted into the military where he was involved in the...
Dallas Laura Etrheim
Feb 16, 2024
Dallas Laura Etrheim was born on October 28, 1936 to Ernest and Laura Oye at home on the farm in Altona Township, Pipestone County, Minnesota where she was raised. She graduated from Verdi High School in 1954. In her childhood years, she was involved in 4-H, helped on the farm and tried to make her brother Lyle behave. Following her...
Jane Wellington
Feb 15, 2024
Jane Alice Wellington, age 75, of Hollister, Missouri, passed away February 15, 2024, with family by her side. She entered this life May 23, 1948, the daughter of William and Ruth (Oliver) Reader in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Jane was born into a musically gifted family and embraced a love of music at a young age; she had her first church solo...
Gertrude Kooiker
Feb 10, 2024
A live-stream of Gert's funeral service can be viewed on the Christian Reformed Church's website: https://luvernecrc.com/
Gertrude Margaret Kooiker was born on August 18, 1937 to Peter and Clazina (Bodewitz-Franken) Bloemendaal on the family farm north of Lake Wilson, Minnesota, Murray County. She grew up in the Lake Wilson area, attending District 23 School and graduating from Lake Wilson High School...
Ronda DeBruin
Feb 9, 2024
Ronda Jean (Buffington) DeBruin was born on September 9, 1959 to Francis “Irene” (Pearl) Buffington and Delbert Edward Buffington in Lake Whales, Florida. In her early childhood, Ronda was baptized and confirmed at the St. James Lutheran Church in Holland, Minnesota. In January of 1979, Ronda welcomed her first child, Clorinda, into her life. Later in 1979, Ronda married Jeffrey...
Carol Kuhlman
Feb 9, 2024
Carol Kuhlman was born on December 23, 1928, in Ellsworth, Minnesota, to Henry and Bouwiena (DeBoer) Bruhn. She spent her childhood on her parents’ farm near Ellsworth and attended country school. In 1941, the family moved to a farm northeast of Magnolia, Minnesota. Carol graduated from Magnolia High School in 1946, and then worked as an operator at Northwestern Bell Telephone...
Bertha Fikse
Feb 8, 2024
Bertha Fikse was born May 31, 1927 to William and Bertha (Bosch) Doeksen in Hull Iowa. Her mother passed away following childbirth. William was unable to care for his large family by himself and Bertha’s aunt, Fannie, had been given a vision that she would have another child. Together, they decided that Bertha would be raised with Fannie (Bosch) and...
Lance Price
Feb 5, 2024
Lance William Price was born on August 26, 1974 to Lynda (Vos) Price and Dennis Price in Pipestone, Minnesota. Lance grew up in Pipestone, attending Pipestone Middle School and High School, attaining his diploma in 1993. Lance was confirmed in October of 1974 at the First Presbyterian Church in Pipestone. Throughout his high school years, he loved fishing with his friend...
Carol Darlene Foss
Feb 5, 2024
Carol Darlene Foss, age 86, of Pipestone, MN passed away on Monday, February 5, at Good Samaritan Society – Sioux Falls Village.
Carol was born on December 22, 1937 to Axel and Hilda (Holter) Amdahl on her family’s farm in Moody County, South Dakota. She was baptized and confirmed at Bethania (Messiah) Lutheran Church at rural Flandreau, South Dakota. She attended...
Rod DeKam
Feb 5, 2024
Rodney Leon DeKam was born to Nelvin and Helena (Tinklenberg) DeKam on August 3, 1941 on the family farm in rural Pipestone County, MN. He was raised in Edgerton, MN, where he was baptized and professed his Christian faith at First Christian Reformed Church. He graduated from Southwest Christian High School in 1959, and then earned a degree in accountancy...
John Hup
Feb 5, 2024
The service will be live-streamed on the American Reformed Church website: https://www.arcluverne.org/watch-live/
John Hup Jr. was born to John Sr. and Annie (Fikse) Hup on February 19, 1933 in Steen, Minnesota. He was baptized at the Steen Reformed Church. The family moved to California later that year and John attended elementary school in California. The Hup family returned to Rock County...
Lori Biever
Feb 4, 2024
Lori Ann Biever was born on April 11, 1960 to Kenneth "Kenny" and Dorothy "Angie" (Ausland) Amundson in Webster, South Dakota. She was baptized on May 22, 1960 at the American Lutheran Church in Webster and was later confirmed at the same church. Lori attended Webster High School, graduating in 1978. She continued her education by attending Huron College, graduating...
Jeanette Schelhaas
Jan 30, 2024
Jeanette (Brouwer) Schelhaas was born on May 6, 1928 on her grandparents farm near Inwood, IA, to Jorienus Brouwer and Artie (Brands) Brouwer. Jeanette was the eldest of 11 children. The family farm was located two miles from town and Jeanette would walk with her siblings to school every day, rain, snow or shine. Jeanette loved school and was eager to...
Cheryl Fae Nath
Jan 28, 2024
Cheryl Fae Nath was born on May 13, 1953 to Robert and Eva Lou (Lafrentz) Rolph in Luverne, Minnesota. Growing up, Cheryl had childhood epilepsy after falling off the rail at the Carnegie Library. As a child, she loved reading, biking to the Blue Mound State Park, and hiking. She was especially close to her great-grandmother, Agnes Kiebach-Staeffler. Cheryl, her mother,...
Kristi Kay Knutson
Jan 28, 2024
To view a live-stream of Kristi's service, please visit the church website - https://www.arcluverne.org/watch-live/
Kristi Kay Knutson was born on August 8, 1966 to Dalwyn and Joy.ce (Vis) Schelhaas in Luverne, Minnesota. She was baptized at the Ebenezer Christian Reformed Church in Leota, Minnesota. Kristi loved growing up in Kenneth, Minnesota, where she rode bike and go-carts, played Kick-the-Can for hours with...
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